வேம்பு · Neem
Azadirachta indica
Dry and compacted sites. Pioneer. Medicinal. Wide spacing.
SMANR gap-fill set first: Neem, Pungai, Naval, Vengai, Iluppai. Then add what the district already grows. Confirm with the Forest Range Officer before a large indent.
Dry and compacted sites. Pioneer. Medicinal. Wide spacing.
Hardy roadside tree. Fixes nitrogen. Good first gap-fill.
Slightly moist pockets and low spots. Birds and fruit.
Dry deciduous canopy. Long-lived. Use fewer, larger pits.
Dry plains. Night pollinators. Do not treat as an ornamental.
Very dry, rocky ground. Fast nurse tree for natives.
Open campus edges. Light canopy. Not a hedge.
Plant few. Keystone for birds. Needs space away from buildings.
One or two per campus, not a row. Allow prop roots room.
Near seasonal water. Fig-wasp and bird magnet.
Bunds, drains, slightly wet lines. Not for rock-dry plots.
Long-lived campus tree. Wide spacing. Student harvest later.
Dry campuses. Sacred and hardy. Good small grove tree.
Coastal and sandy belts. Salt-tolerant canopy.
Coastal campus edges. Fast and forgiving.
Pollinator tree. Use as a scatter, not a monoculture avenue.
Seemai Karuvelam, Eucalyptus blocks, Casuarina blocks, Gulmohar as main canopy, Rain tree avenues, *Polyalthia* Ashoka rows, most imported ornamentals. Miyawaki density only where irrigation is guaranteed.